Stony Brook University is one of America’s most dynamic
public universities and a magnet for outstanding students. A member of the
elite Association of American Universities, Stony Brook is one of the 62 top
research institutions in North America, with $160.1 million in annual sponsored
research and more than 2,180 research projects.

Stony Brook faculty are leaders in significant national and
worldwide projects, including uncovering the causes of lobster mortality in the
Long Island Sound, searching for the origins of man in Kenya’s Turkana Basin,
and managing the national parks of Madagascar. They have made significant
contributions to NASA initiatives, such as examining Martian minerals for
evidence of life and other phenomena, and their work has led to such
groundbreaking discoveries as a new species of mouse lemur, the smallest
primate in the world; the cause of Lyme disease; and the invention of the MRI
technology that won the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Since the University’s founding less than 60 years ago, its
faculty have received international and national recognition for their
achievements. They have won Nobel, MacArthur Foundation, Pulitzer and Abel
prizes, National Medals of Science, National Medals of Technology and
Innovation, National Inventors Hall of Fame Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships,
Wolf Prizes in Mathematics and in Physics, Fields Medals, the inaugural
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, and the Indianapolis Award — the top award
in animal conservation. Stony Brook’s faculty also have included National
Academy of Sciences Fellows, Royal Society Fellows, American Association for
the Advancement of Science Fellows, Sloan Fellows, American Academy of Arts and
Sciences Fellows, National Academy of Engineering members, Institute of
Medicine members and Pew Scholars.

Stony Brook offers more than 200 undergraduate programs, 100
master’s programs and 40 doctoral programs, residing in 12 colleges and
schools: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, Graduate School, School of Dental Medicine,
School of Health Technology and Management, School of Journalism, School of
Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School
of Professional Development and School of Social Welfare.

The University’s clinical psychology, geometry and nuclear
physics programs have been ranked in the top 10 graduate programs nationwide,
and our computer science program ranks among the top 20. Stony Brook
University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences offers seven
ABET-accredited programs. The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
features waterfront learning at Stony Brook Southampton’s new Marine Sciences
Research Center. And Stony Brook’s study-abroad programs provide unique
learning opportunities in countries around the globe, including Argentina,
Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Madagascar and Tanzania.

Stony Brook’s diverse student body includes roughly 16,480
undergraduates and 8,100 graduate and professional students from nearly all 50
states and more than 100 countries. Stony Brook is a highly selective
institution that enrolls students who demonstrate the intellectual curiosity
and academic ability to succeed.

Stony Brook was one of only 10 universities given a
recognition award by the National Science Foundation for integrating research
and education at the undergraduate level. Opportunities for first-rate graduate
and undergraduate research abound. The Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative
Biology seeks to advance biology and medicine through discoveries in physics,
mathematics and computational science. The C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical
Physics, founded by Nobel Prize-winning physicist and Stony Brook Professor
Emeritus Chen Ning Yang, is a leading center for high-energy physics, string
theory and statistical mechanics.

Stony Brook students are offered unique research
opportunities at nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory — co-managed by the
University — whose facilities include the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider,
Center for Functional Nanomaterials, National Synchrotron Light Source,
National Synchrotron Light Source II, NASA Space Radiation Facility,
Accelerator Test Facility, Computational Science Center, and Brookhaven Linac Isotope
Producer. The Laboratory’s almost 3,000 scientists, engineers and staff are
joined each year by more than 4,000 visiting researchers from around the world.
Brookhaven research has been honored by seven Nobel Prizes.

Researchers from around the world also gather at the
University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, where they explore
synergies between theoretical physics and mathematics to deepen our
understanding of the physical universe.

Stony Brook’s Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information
Technology (CEWIT) and two state-designated Centers for Advanced Technology —
in diagnostic tools and sensor systems and in biotechnology — facilitate
partnerships between New York State industry and University research. The
Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC) brings together academic
and research institutions, energy providers and industry to focus on innovative
energy solutions. The entrepreneurial energy and economic strength of the
University bring a combined benefit of $4.6 billion to the region’s economy.
The University is the largest single-site employer in the region, with more
than 14,000 full- and part-time employees. Through its high-technology
incubators, the University has promoted the launch of 44 companies. Stony Brook
Medicine, the region’s premier academic medical center, encompasses Stony Brook
University Hospital, which serves as the region’s only Regional Trauma Center,
Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, a number of community-based healthcare
settings, and five health sciences schools. It is also home to the Cancer
Center, Heart Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Digestive Disorders
Institute, and the Long Island State Veterans Home, a 350-bed skilled nursing
facility that also serves as a site for the education and training of geriatric
healthcare professionals. A Medical and Research Translation (MART)
building, dedicated to imaging, neurosciences, cancer care and research, and a
new Hospital Pavilion and Children’s Hospital are set for completion in 2016.

Stony Brook’s 1,040-acre campus on Long Island, 60 miles
east of New York City, is also home to an 8,300-seat stadium, a sports complex
housing a new 4,000-seat arena, and a performing arts center. In addition, the
University’s reach extends to Stony Brook Manhattan; Stony Brook Southampton on
Long Island’s East End; and to SUNY Korea, a partnership between Stony Brook
University, the State University of New York (SUNY) and the South
Korean government. Songdo-based SUNY Korea opened its doors in March 2012
as the first American university established on Korean soil.